NPR stories about Elmore Leonard
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On Pirates, Former Presidents And Where The Happy People Live
October 19, 2011 Elmore Leonard takes on Somali pirates in his latest thriller, while former President George W. Bush defends his decision points, biographer Edmund Morris looks at Theodore Roosevelt's last decade, and writer Dan Buettner reports on what the world's happiest people have in common.
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Excerpt: 'Road Dogs'
May 20, 2009 What are "road dogs"? Prison buddies who live among incarcerated gang members but not with them, watching each others' backs. In Elmore Leonard's new novel of the same name, the "dogs" are smart, handsome, and big-hearted.
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A Quest For Roots Uncovers Ordinary People
Lawrence Jackson went on a quest to find his late grandfather's home in Virginia.



